Rocket-parachute.



N. W.y AASE'N. ROCKET PABAGHUTE.' A PPPPP ATIONHLE DDDD n 4, 190e.

"90?, 1 12. i Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

whereafter he by` means of the parachute lmay descend safely.

f ormance'sof amusement or the like.

panyingA drawing,

' position ready for ascension.

c ing attached to it a great number of rockets 30 chute i ends of theribswith a suitable point of the .the fabric of the provided with anopening-Q The basvention.

'NILs WALTERSEN vasini or DROBAK, NORWAY.

ROCKE'TTPARAC'HUTE. 5

Speeicationv o fvLetters-Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908'.

Application medi-fune@ 1908. Serial No. 436,720.

Tol all whom tf/nay concern."

Be it known that .I, NIELS WALTERSEN AASEN, sergeant, subject of Norway,residing at the city of'Drbak, Norway,'h ave invented newA and usefulImprovements in Rocket-Parachutes,of which the followingisaspeciiication. f

. My present invention has forits object to. provide a parachute'whichbymeans of rockets can .be brought to ascend 'in ,order to lift forinstanceay man aloft toa certain height,

. The device mayespecially be used at per- My vinvention is .illustratedin .the accomin whichz'* .against fixed' vertical .After the person whoshall ascend has taken -of electricity.v

Figure l shows one form .of the device 'in Fig. 2 shows' Ithe devicesoaring. Fig. 3 is a plan view'of. the rocket-crown, and Fig. v4 is ofthe parachute drawn to a smaller scale.

or similar light material is fastened a frame +2, Within Awhich issuspended a basket 3- by means of elastic cords At the upper end thebar1 carries a crown '5-- stayed by backstays -10- and hav- 6- which whenignited cause the parato ascend. The parachute proper preferably madelike an umbrella.- -of which are pivoted to the bar --l-'v at a suitabledistance from the rocketcrown. The parachute 7-v is preferablymanufactured of asbestos-fabric or another` fireproof material and thereversing is prevented by backstays -8- connecting by free At the centerparachute preferably is ket #9)-, which is protected from sparks byalsomay carry'aweioht by'means of which thedevice is balanced. f It will beunderstood that the details of the device may bevaried in many respectswithout departing from the spirit of my in- So the rocket-crown forinstance may b e placed beneath the fabric of the' parachute. A Thedevice isjused in the following manner :-The bar 1- with@ therocket-crown chute,

4point of the bar below the attached.

and with the parachute folded together (Fig. l) is placed on the fieldand -ieaned bar' (not shown) his seat within the basket all the rocketsare simultaneously ignited preferably by means .The device then ascendsmaintaining its .vertical position, and when the rockets areekhaustedthe ascent stops and the parachute-the ribs of which suitablyare directed somewhat outwards' at their lower endsf'by Vthe commencingfall is unfolded by theair'and the-whole device may carry. a tail Inorder to increasev the sensation the lower end of the bar -'1'-. havinga length of ing provided with fires and the like.

' Having now described my invention, what I claim as .new and desire tosecure by Letpaper lanterns, Bengal -then slowly `descends to the earth'with a xmoderate speed.

50 to 100me ters and be- :1. In combination a parachute-connected f to abar or lframe, a'plurality of rockets carried by .said bar whichwhen-ignitedjlift the device -to a certain height and means lforbalancing the device.

2. In combination a an umbrella the ribs v'of wh-ichare pivoted to acentral vertical `bar, backstays connecting the free endsf suitablepoint of the. bar below the parameans .arrangedat the lower end of thebar in order tobala-nce. the device and a. crow`n of rockets attached tothe bar.

'3. In combination a an umbrella the ribs of to a central'vertical bar,ing the free endsof the r which are pivoted backstays connectibs-with asuitable parachute, means arranged at the lower .end of the bar in orderto balance the device, 'attached to the bar, said crown consisting of aplurality of concentric ringsv and intermediate radial ribs at-which therockets are parachute made like I of the ribs with ay '90 parachute madelike 1 and a crown of rockets 4.' In' combination a parachute the fabric-l of which is provided with a central hole and made like an umbrellathe ribs of which are *pivoted to a central vertical bar,backstaysconnecting the free ends of the ribs with a suitable point ofthe bar below the parachuteymeans arranged at the lower end of the barin order to balance the device, and a` plurality of concentricrings ofrockets attached to the bar. y

5. `In combination, a parachute, a vertical '2 I j l i i 907,112

`har arranged in the center of the parachute, name to this speccation inthe presence of a frame arranged aat he lowerheni o' the two subscribingWitnesses.

bar a basket suspen e within t e rame by means of elastic cords and aplurality of NIELS LTERSEN AASEN' 5 concentric rings of rockets attachedto the Witnesses:

bar. ALEX. LAHN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my RICHARD STOKKE.

